Social impact

The fund aims to help close the estimated annual $280bn climate adaptation gap and benefit 19million people living in emerging and developing countries, including least developed countries and small island developing states.

Rubio Impact Ventures will invest into 30 early and growth-stage companies addressing the climate crisis and social inequality.

The Education Outcomes Fund has launched the first of three programmes targeting early childhood education Africa, in partnership with the government of Rwanda and the LEGO Foundation as outcomes funders.

Reoffending rates for those developing their construction industry skills under the initiative are much lower than the UK national average.

The fund hopes to attract further commitments from local government pension funds, as the sector is encouraged to direct more investment into local communities.

Holger Westphely tells Impact Investor that social enterprises should be supported in taking a longer-term view of their operations to make the sector more efficient.

A panel of young people will contribute to the selection of a winning portfolio of investments that prioritise positive social and environmental impact for young people and future generations.

FSD Africa has partnered with the UN Economic Commission for Africa and the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation on a programme to help African governments unlock fiscal space for sustainable development and climate action.

A new initiative is seeking to push child-lens investing up the agenda for investors. We talk to Hughie Stanley, programme manager at the Impact Investing Institute, about its goals.

The head of impact at SNIB discusses the motivations for setting up a development bank dedicated to directing capital to respond to Scotland’s economic, social and environmental challenges.